Occurrence of stroke after coronary artery bypass graft surgery appears to be decreasing

Tuesday, January 25, 2011 - 17:00 in Health & Medicine

An analysis of data on more than 45,000 patients who underwent coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery at an academic medical center over the past 30 years finds that the occurrence of stroke after CABG has declined, despite an increase in risk profiles of patients, according to a study in the January 26 issue of JAMA.

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